Events on Monday, November 5

Alex Ross: <i>The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century</i>

Special Event

Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

Monday 11/ 5 @ Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago

New Yorker music critic Alex Ross grew up listening to traditional classical music like Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert; in college, however,... 

radiofreechicago.org presents the Panda Band w/ Pale Young Gentlemen

Music

The Panda Band

Monday 11/ 5 @ The Hideout

It's difficult to find a mention of the Panda Band that doesn't invoke Sgt. Pepper's-era Beatles — and, to be sure,... 

Black Dice w/ Magas

Music

Black Dice

Monday 11/ 5 @ Lakeshore Theater

Prodigiously bearded James Magas has been a mainstay of the city's no-wave/weirdo-wave/prog-skronk scene for years, but it's his propulsive, eminently robo-danceable... 

Ongoing Events

19th Annual Polish Film Festival

Film

19th Annual Polish Film Festival

Monday 11/ 5 @ Various locations

The 19th Annual Polish Film Festival promises Chicago — second only to Warsaw in our number of Polish-speaking residents — a... 

<i>Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination</i>

Film

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Monday 11/ 5 @ Museum of Science and Industry

Though it's presented as a chance to learn about the possibilities of real science, the true draw of this exhibit is... 

Theaster Gates

Art

Theaster Gates

Monday 11/ 5 @ Hyde Park Art Center

<i>The Telephone Book</i> (1971)

Film

The Telephone Book

Monday 11/ 5 @ Music Box Theatre

The rough gem of the Music Box's Midnight Movies series, The Telephone Book is everything you could ask for in cult... 

Frisbie

Music

Frisbie

Monday 11/ 5 @ Schubas

Lovable power-pop combo Frisbie is similar to Wham-O, manufacturer of a similarly named toy — in that spinning their discs makes... 

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Art

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Monday 11/ 5 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Tokyo-born, Chicago-educated Satoru Aoyama would be a photorealist painter, if his preferred medium weren't a needle and thread. His striking pictorial... 

William Pope.L

Art

William Pope.L

Monday 11/ 5 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

William Pope.L, the self-proclaimed "friendliest black artist in America," first received recognition for belly-crawling along city streets, often dressed in costume,... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 11/ 5 @ Chicago History Museum

Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out!  We have exhibitions and programs for...